"Too slow!"
Allen sidestepped the incoming mud with ease. Simultaneously, he ducked low and closed the distance with a flash step, swinging a fist wrapped in lightning-natured chakra with brutal force.
"Earth Release: Fist Rock Technique! Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique!"
As a battle-hardened kunoichi and the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi was by no means weak in combat power or experience. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to sit on the Tsuchikage's throne after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
In a split second, she made the correct judgment! Instead of using defensive Ninjutsu, she chose to meet the opponent head-on with her fists.
The next second...
BOOM!
Zzzzt-zap-zap!
Terrifying lightning-natured chakra erupted from Allen's fist all at once! It not only shattered the fist encased in heavy rock but also released a massive amount of paralyzing current, causing Kurotsuchi's entire body to convulse violently against her will.
Under the interference of the current, she couldn't send commands to her muscles through her nervous system, nor could she make any move.
"I told you! My Lightning Release Armor is slightly different from the one you know. It seems you weren't listening."
At the moment they crossed paths, Allen whispered into the woman's ear. Before anyone else could react, his right hand, coated in lightning chakra, plunged deep into Kurotsuchi's chest, piercing and shredding that strong, powerful heart.
"Vaelastrasz. Devour her!"
With a single command, the Red Dragon instantly manifested a dragon head from the necklace, violently breathing out Flames of Life, burning the granddaughter of Third Tsuchikage Onoki into a cocoon and swallowing her whole.
"NO!!!! How dare you kill Kurotsuchi!!!" Akatsuchi, her senior, instantly flew into a berserk rage.
He could hardly believe that in just one exchange, his capable junior sister had died just like that, without even a body left behind. Since Kitsuchi was dead, she had been Onoki's last bloodline and family in this world.
Allen looked up, sweeping his extremely cold gaze over all the Iwa ninja present, and sneered. "When you kill, you must have the resolve to be killed yourself! As shinobi, surely you understand at least that much? Since Onoki wanted me dead, I'll kill his granddaughter first, then I'll kill all of you. If I get the chance later, I'll personally pay a visit to the Land of Earth and wipe your entire village off the map. To become my enemy is to be prepared for my retaliation. And my revenge usually involves destroying what the opponent treasures most, then watching them die bit by bit in pain, regret, and despair."
Hearing this bone-chilling proclamation, Akatsuchi felt a chill run through him. His original rage quickly subsided, and he issued an order in a tone that brooked no argument: "Attack! Kill this brat together! For the sake of the village, we cannot let him leave alive!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
"Earth Release: Golem Technique!"
...
"Hmph! Meaningless struggling!"
Looking at the many dazzling jutsus before him, Allen wore a look of contempt. He quickly released the Lightning Release Armor surrounding his entire body outward into the surroundings.
In the blink of an eye, the massive amount of visible lightning chakra vanished without a trace!
"Now's the chance! He deactivated the Lightning Release Armor!"
One Iwa ninja was overjoyed and used the Body Flicker Technique to close in, wanting to end him with one strike. But at the very moment the kunai was about to pierce Allen's eye, he suddenly found he couldn't move.
No! It wasn't that he couldn't move; he had fallen into a state of paralysis, his muscles completely out of control.
Allen, meanwhile, as if strolling through a garden, drew the chakra weapon he had seized from an enemy in the previous battle and gently swept it across the unlucky man's neck.
Puff!
Blood from the carotid artery surged out, blooming into a beautiful yet cruel blood-flower in the air.
"What was that just now?"
"What happened?"
"Was it Genjutsu?"
Undoubtedly, the sudden and strange reaction of their dead comrade caused the other Iwa ninja to feel doubt and vigilance. Unless there was outside interference, a shinobi would never stop a fraction of a second before killing their opponent.
But doubt was doubt and vigilance was vigilance; the battle had to continue. Especially since Allen now completely lacked the protection of the Lightning Release Armor, he looked far easier to kill than before.
A few seconds later, a second man used the Body Flicker Technique to get close. Just like the previous unlucky guy, he found his entire body paralyzed at the final moment. He could only watch as the blade cut his throat at an agonizingly slow pace, then his vision went dark as he fell to the ground and breathed his last.
No resistance! No struggle! There was only the calm death of a lamb led to slaughter! Although he tried his hardest to make a sound to warn his companions behind him, under the interference and paralysis of the current, let alone speaking, even moving his eyeballs became an impossible task.
After the Red Dragon burned the deceased into a cocoon and swallowed it, Allen finally smiled at the wary Iwa ninja and said, "I imagine you must be wondering why your comrades suddenly stopped, standing in place like statues to be killed by me, right?"
"What on earth did you do to them?" Akatsuchi questioned solemnly from atop the head of a massive rock golem created by the Golem Technique.
"Simple! It's an electric field! You thought I deactivated the Lightning Release Armor? No! This is the true form of my improved Lightning Release Armor. All of you, including yourself, are already within the vast electric field formed by my armor. Although these subtle currents won't cause any substantial damage due to being dispersed, they can disrupt your nervous system, making it so the commands issued by the brain cannot control the body, trapping you in a paralyzed state where you cannot move."
Allen very kindly provided an explanation. Once shrouded by this technique, unless the opponent could make their body completely insulated or their nervous system did not transmit via electrical signals, their strength simply didn't matter.
Of course, he didn't know yet how effective this thing would be against a Jinchuriki with a sealed Tailed Beast, whether they could break free if the target's chakra volume was too massive. But for dealing with these so-called Jonin and Elite Jonin, it was enough!
To directly strip the ability to act from enemies who stepped within range, in a way, this was the true "Strongest Shield."
"Not good! Quick—"
"Too late!"
Just as Akatsuchi realized and tried to warn those around him to retreat, Allen decisively activated the subtle currents within the electric field, sending the group of Iwa ninjas who had ambushed him into a frozen state. They could only stand there and watch as their companions, and themselves, were killed and devoured one by one.
Until the very last one entered the Red Dragon's belly, Allen said meaningfully: "Third Tsuchikage Onoki, I hope that after you receive this news, you won't be literally fuming with rage. Otherwise, I'll be losing a lot of fun!"